Family Killed in Taliban Rocket Attack - Balkh 2019
Incident- Date
- Mar 5, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Balkh: Chimtal
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 36.6370472188615
Longitude: 66.9423840660192
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Chimtal
- Town/Village
- Asiab Gorg, Chimtal, Balkh Province
- Types of incident
- Clash
- Explosion
- Ground Attack
- Heavy Weapon Attack
- Rocket Attack
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
During Taliban attacks on a security outpost, a rocket fired by Taliban forces struck a residential house in Asiab Gorg village. Three civilians were killed and two others were wounded, all members of the same family. The incident occurred during clashes between Taliban insurgents and government security forces, with the rocket hitting civilian infrastructure.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 5
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